In today’s digital age, Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become an integral part of education at the college and university level. They provide an easy-to-use platform for instructors to create and manage course content, track student progress, and facilitate communication with students. Another feature that can greatly enhance the educational experience is LMS integration with …
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Why Your Students Don’t Complete Evaluations
College and university course evaluations are an important tool for improving the quality of education provided by institutions. They provide feedback to faculty members and administrators about what is working well and what can be improved in their courses. Despite the importance of these evaluations, some students choose not to fill them out. In this …
Add Humor to Spike Your College’s Response Rates
College course evaluations are an important tool for improving the quality of education provided by institutions. However, the process of filling out evaluations can often be dry and uninspiring, leading to low participation rates and incomplete responses. In this blog post, we will explore some ways to make college course evaluations fun and engaging. 1. …
Questions About Race in Course Evaluations
Should questions about race be included in course evaluations? Let’s dive in. When it comes to academic course evaluation surveys, the inclusion of a race question can often be a source of controversy. While some argue that collecting data on race can help to identify and address any potential disparities or biases within the education …
Student Workload Impacts Course Evaluations
While factors like teaching quality, course structure, use of technology and timely feedback have always been important factors for students when evaluating their professors and courses, there is another crucial aspect that can significantly impact the overall evaluation – the number of courses taken in a semester. Here’s how. The number of courses taken by …
SmartEvals – Committed to Making a Difference
There’s a billion different people doing a billion different things to make a billion places better today. You, too, can be a part of that change. At SmartEvals, it is our mission to create environments that empower and educate. This is not only with our college and university course evaluation software and with our clients. …
Use a Software Vendor for Course Evaluations
If your school is looking to save time on course evaluations while simultaneously improving data accuracy, then switching to a software vendor may be the perfect option. Course evaluation software vendors, such as SmartEvals, can help schools break away from archaic means of conducting surveys. But what are the benefits? 1. Streamlined Process By using …
6 Benefits of Course Evaluations in Higher Ed
Course evaluations should play an important role in any college or university’s institutional research process. Students are asked to critique courses and instructors at the end of each semester, and their answers, compiling tons and tons of data, can be be used to affect necessary change. Those changes can be small, such as an instructor …
Tips for Designing Better Surveys
Making surveys understandable is critical in order to effectively collect reliable feedback from the respondent. If a survey is unclear or confusing, respondents are likely to provide inaccurate or incomplete responses. Additionally, surveys must be easy to navigate to encourage the respondent to provide quality and thoughtful responses. Understanding the survey content will help the …
Boosting Course Evaluation Response Rates: Part III
In our previous posts about improving course evaluation response rates, we discussed the importance of getting instructor buy-in and making the process easy for students. The last part of this series kind of goes hand-in-hand with the two previous posts: managing and automating emails sent to students and faculty. When creating a course evaluation plan, …